Garment-hanging stand



(N6 Model.) J. BLACK.

GARMENT' HANGING STAND.

N0.322,036. Patented July 14, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.IULIUS BLACK, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

GARMENT-HANGING STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,036, dated July 14,1885.

Application filed December 29, i884. (No model.)

Tn all whom it may concern- Be it known that I, JULIUs BLACK, a citizenof the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGarment-Hanging Stands, of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to improvements in garment-hanging stands,Which'are adapted to be used for the purpose of exhibiting clothing instores, salesrooms,manufactories, and other places.

rIhe objects of my improvements are, first, to provide a suitablemechanism for suspending clothing in a neat, attractive, and substantialmanner without injury to the garment suspended; second, to so suspend itthat a large number of specimens or samples may be placed in a smallcompass when desired, and may also be freely and easily opened orseparated for the purpose of fully and completely exhibiting any one ofthe said specimens as wholly independent of the others as though it werealone upon the stand; third, to so construct a mechanism combining theabove advantages that it may be turned in any position for the purposeof presenting the garments in the best light Which the apartmentaffords. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a perspective view of theentire stand and its supports. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section ofthe upper part of my garment-hanging stand on line A, Fig. l. Fig. 3 isa cross-section on line B, Fig. 2, showing the radial trestle-arms indifferent positions. Fig. 4t is a common garment-holding yoke.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The main supporting-post Gis mounted upon substantial iron or Woodenlegs, and carries the axial pintle D, upon which the head E is mountedand is free to revolve for the purpose hereinafter described. Thetrestle-arms F are pivoted at G H, Figs. l and 2, and are free to swingon said pivots, and to be placed in any position near to or far fromeach other, as shown in Fig. 3. Each of the trestles F carries at itsouter extremity, I, a ring, which is Well adapted to connect with theswivel-hook .I of the ordinary garment-hang ing yoke shown in Fig. 4.The head E is also provided with short fixed arms K, which are used ashandles for turning the said head. As

these stands often have heavy loads to sustain, it is desirable thatthey be constructed to operate with the least possible amount offriction and in the strongest manner; and with this object in View Ihave mounted the head E upon vulcanized balls, which roll in a circulargroove, one part of which is in the head E, and the other part of whichis in the top of the post C, thus rendering the movement of the head Epractically noiseless; and in order to give great strength and rigidityto the treslle F, it is made with its axial supports extended orelongated by being placed a considerable distance apart, therebyproducing for all practical purposes the effect of a longcontinuousaxle.

The operation of this mechanism is as follows: rIhe stand having beenplaced in position and put in readiness for use, the garments are (inthe manner shown in Fig. l) suspended upon suitable supports similar tothe garmentholding yoke shown in Fig. 4.; and from the explanation ofthis mechanism hereinbefore given it is obvious that when garments areso mounted they may be swung about the post G and placed equidistantapart, as shown by the arms F, below the line L, Fig. 3, or placed so asto exhibit any garment separately from all the others, as shown at F inFigs. l and 3. By the same means, any garment can also be placed in thebest light which the apartment affords.

I am aware that there are in use a variety of inventions for drying andairing clothes, some of which have central supporting-posts with rotaryheads and radial arms; some with and some without lines attached forsupporting the garments; but none of these are adapted to the uses forwhich mine is intended, as

their radial arms cannot be Varied in their IOO te the axis of thepivoted head E, substantially supporting-post G, pivetalhead E, andbrackas shown, and for the purpose described. eli-shaped bracingtl'eslle 01 arms F, the handle 2. In a garment-han@ng stand, the eelnbi-01' handles K', attached te the pivotal head E, 15 nation, with theCentral supporting-post, C, snbsl'antiallyas showinand fer the purposesel; and pivotal head E, of the biaekebshapeil forth. bracing;` treslleor arms F, and having` hang- Toledo, Ohio, Deeemhe124, 1884. ingmechanism at er near its outer exl'reniil y, Y Y s f each ef the saidarms having an independent JD LIUS BLACK elongated axial supportadjacent. and parallel to the axis of the pest C, substanliall y asshown, and for the purpose set feilh.

3. In a garnlenbhangng stand having the l Vliiesses:

HENRY S. RUNNER, JOSHUA R. SMNILY.

